| Comment | History's Mysteries - Echelon The Most Secret Spy System [2003]
Echelon is a nickname for a conglomerate of five countries that have developed an information-sharing policy. The United States, Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand have all acknowledged that they effectively spy on each other in an effort to get around laws that prevent countries from spying on their own citizens.
This intelligence sharing partnership has prevented numerous terrorist attacks worldwide and has aided the U.S. in its recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"Echelon: The Most Secret Spy System" explores the technological aspects of the partnership, which include encryption and hi-tech satellite communication. The show explores the history of listening in on other countries' communications and explains some of the situations in which it's been controversial.
A rare interview with NSA Director Michael Hayden discusses the NSA's role in combatting terrorism and the importance of the Echelon partnership to that role. Former spies discuss what they heard when they were ordered to listen in on supposedly private conversations.
Finally, the show concludes with a discussion of what role Echelon will play in the ever-changing war on terror.
original link (dead, as of Dec 2009):
http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/tv_guide/full_details/Conflict/programme_2035.php
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